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Hardcover. This book uses the theme of 'debatable lands', to explore aspects of writing in the Romantic period. Walter Scott brought it to a wider public, and the phrase came to be applied to debates which were intellectual, political or artistic. These debates are pursued in a collection of essays grouped under the headings such as 'Britain and Ireland'. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire; Rossington, Michael. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507852
- ISBN
- 9780230507852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Editor(s): Yuejun, Zhang; Christie, Stuart. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391710
- ISBN
- 9780230391710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. Uniquely placed to explore the worldwide phenomenon of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy beginning with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the book offers the first full-length study of Larsson's work in both its written and filmed forms. Editor(s): Peacock, Steven. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390430
- ISBN
- 9780230390430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. This book provides fresh perspectives on the object world, embodied experience and materiality in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Contributors explore canonical works by Austen, Bronte, Dickens and James, alongside less-familiar texts and a range of objects including nineteenth-century automata, scrapbooks, museum exhibits and antiques. Editor(s): Boehm, Katharina. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369382
- ISBN
- 9780230369382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.92
€ 149.92
Hardcover. According to Orwell, the North was 'a strange country.' In an industrial landscape, its inhabitants seem to inhabit a bleak world caught in the gaze of 1930s realism. Such stereotypes have been tenacious. This book challenges these stereotypes, establishing the strategic and mobile nature of 'the North' and the effects of literary realism. Editor(s): Cockin, Katharine. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367401
- ISBN
- 9780230367401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Shakespeare scholars and cultural theorists critically investigate the relationship between early modern culture and contemporary political and technological changes concerning the idea of the 'human.' The volume covers the tragedies King Lear and Hamlet in particular, but also provides posthumanist readings of other Shakespearean plays. Editor(s): Herbrechter, Stefan; Callus, Ivan. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360907
- ISBN
- 9780230360907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. Utopianism, Modernism, and Literature in the Twentieth Century explores connections between utopian politics and modernism across a wide-ranging selection of twentieth-century literature. Editor(s): Reeve-Tucker, Ms. Alice; Waddell, Dr. Nathan. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358935
- ISBN
- 9780230358935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.' Editor(s): Clark, J. C. D.; Erskine-Hill, Howard. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230356009
- ISBN
- 9780230356009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.' Editor(s): Clark, J. C. D.; Erskine-Hill, Howard. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355996
- ISBN
- 9780230355996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. A collection of ten original essays forging new interdisciplinary connections between crime fiction and film, encompassing British, Swedish, American and Canadian contexts. The authors explore representations of race, gender, sexuality and memory, and challenge traditional categorisations of academic and professional crime writing. Editor(s): Miller, Vivien; Oakley, Helen. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353985
- ISBN
- 9780230353985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Using unpublished archive material, including correspondence and the many annotations Murdoch made to the books held in her Oxford library, this book offers fresh insights into Murdoch's work by placing it within a diversity of new contexts. It also reveals startling parallels between Murdoch's work and other literary and philosophical texts. Editor(s): Rowe, Anne; Horner, Avril. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348288
- ISBN
- 9780230348288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. Bringing together high profile scholars in the fields of Deleuze and postcolonial studies, this book highlights the overlooked connections between two major schools of contemporary criticism and establishes a new critical discourse for postcolonial literature and theory. Editor(s): Burns, Lorna; Kaiser, Birgit M. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348257
- ISBN
- 9780230348257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. What has been the role played by principles, patterns and situations of conflict in the construction of Shakespeare's myth, and in its European and then global spread? The fascinatingly complex picture that emerges from this collection provides new insight into Shakespeare's unique position in world literature and culture. Editor(s): Dente, Carla; Soncini, Sara. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343276
- ISBN
- 9780230343276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This collection discusses British and Irish life writings by women in the period 1700-1850. It argues for the importance of women's life writing as part of the culture and practice of eighteenth-century and Romantic auto/biography, exploring the complex relationships between constructions of femininity, life writing forms and models of authorship. Editor(s): Cook, Daniel; Culley, Amy. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343078
- ISBN
- 9780230343078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Hardcover. Indography considers literary and non-literary representations of Indians in early modern English writing in relation to processes of globalization and race formation. Editor(s): Harris, Mr. Jonathan Gil. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341371
- ISBN
- 9780230341371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.45
€ 128.45
Hardcover. Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world, as well as a powerful literary and visual image. This book explores the presence of skin in medieval literature and culture from a range of literary, religious, aesthetic, historical, medical, and theoretical perspectives. Editor(s): Walter, Katie L. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338708
- ISBN
- 9780230338708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Hardcover. Building on recent work in critical animal studies and posthumanism, this book challenges past assumptions that animals were only explored as illustrative of humanity, not as interesting in their own right. The contributors combine close reading of Chaucer's texts with insights drawn from cultural or critical animal studies. Editor(s): Van Dyke, Carolynn. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338586
- ISBN
- 9780230338586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardcover. Criticism of the work of David Foster Wallace has tended to be atomistic, focusing on a single aspect of individual works. A Companion to the Work of David Foster Wallace is designed as a professional study of all of Wallace's creative work. This volume includes both thematic essays and focused examinations of each of his major works of fiction. Editor(s): Boswell, Marshall; Burn, Stephen J. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338111
- ISBN
- 9780230338111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.63
€ 138.63
Hardcover. This book is concerned with our ideological, technical and emotional investments in reclaiming medieval for contemporary popular culture. The authors illuminate both medieval and contemporary popular culture in surprising and productive ways while interrogating the many ways in which metamedievalism reinterprets and reconceptualises the medieval. Editor(s): Ashton, Gail; Kline, Daniel T. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337343
- ISBN
- 9780230337343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Looking at representations of the Irish landscape in contemporary literature and the arts, this volume discusses the economic, political and environmental issues associated with it, questioning the myths behind Ireland's landscape, from the first Greek descriptions to present day post Celtic-Tiger architecture. Editor(s): Mianowski, Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 charts, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319394
- ISBN
- 9780230319394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99